Ancient Greek Culture :D

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The Athenian monetary system was set up in the following way:6 obols = 1 drachma100 drachma = 1 mina600 mina = 1 talent ( equivalent to 57 pounds of silver) Culture from long ago Life in Ancient Greece: Ancient Greece was a time and place where culture flourished; food, money, religion, traditions and customs, festivals and holidays were just some of the many different facets of life that the Greeks took part in. Greece,circa 400- 100 B.c. Show me the money Customs and Traditions July-HekatombaionAugust-MetagetinionSeptember-BoedromionOctober-PyanopsionNovember-MaimakterionDecember-Poseidon FESTIVALS & HOLIDAYS Religious Beliefs The Greek Diet Solid Foods Included-BreadOlivesFishMeatVegetablesFruitsNuts

Liquids-WineWaterHoney Etiquette in Greece

Since in ancient Greece there were no eating utensils, they used their hands. Bread was used as a napkin to clean hands. Food Ceremonies

Men usually gathered at dinner parties called Symposiums.During Symposiums men would talk about life and politics after they gave a wine offering to the gods. The typical costs of goods in ancient Greece:

The Greeks held a strong belief that your body needed to be buried with the goods and wealth that you had accumulated in this lifetime in order to carry them through into the next life. Deities: The oracle

An oracle’s primary function was to offer guidance and advice. Shrines were also erected for the Oracles and became places of international prestige. Oracles controlled many human decisions about health, sickness, peace, war, colonization, migration, crime and punishment. Greek religion was polytheistic, consisting of the worship of many Gods. Religion was a very important aspect of Greek society and culture, with the sacrifices and regular worships of Gods serving to unify the people in a common goal to please the Gods. The EkklesiaThe Boule The Dikasteria SPARTA ATHENS THE IMPORTANCE OF DEBATE IN ATHENIAN LIFE Political speech played an important role in developing Athenian government and philosophy. Lunar Calendar January-GamelionFebruary-AnthesterionMarch-ElaphebelionApril-MounichionMay-ThargelionJune-Skirophorion The Rural Dionysia was the predecessor ofthe Greater Dionysia, but it was only the Greater festival that was dedicated to Dionysus. It was begun by Pisistratus circa530 BC. Pithoigia-Day one involved the opening of casks of wine, dedicated to Dionysus. A festival related to the Dionysia in that actors participated in an event to choose who would perform at the next Dionysia Choes-Day two was party time, with a lot of drinking. Anthesteria Chytroi-Day three, the time to cook meals in honour of the dead, and as offerings to Hermes Made up of Three Days Festival Progess